Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

Description

The goal of this randomized controled trial is to test the effects of assigning people with chronic post-stroke aphasia to 12 weekly choir sessions, compared to usual care. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the assignment to a choir singing program causes a beneficial effect on functional communication and language recovery as well as psychosocial outcomes compared to usual care in the rehabilitation of people with chronic post-stroke aphasia? Participants will have: 12 in-person choir-singing sessions (1 session/week, 1,5 h/session, total 18h) conducted by a choir master, and home singing training (3 x 30-minutes-sessions/week, total 18h)

Conditions

Aphasia

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Study overview

The goal of this randomized controled trial is to test the effects of assigning people with chronic post-stroke aphasia to 12 weekly choir sessions, compared to usual care. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the assignment to a choir singing program causes a beneficial effect on functional communication and language recovery as well as psychosocial outcomes compared to usual care in the rehabilitation of people with chronic post-stroke aphasia? Participants will have: 12 in-person choir-singing sessions (1 session/week, 1,5 h/session, total 18h) conducted by a choir master, and home singing training (3 x 30-minutes-sessions/week, total 18h)

Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

Condition
Aphasia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Tampa

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, 33620

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * People with chronic aphasia following stroke
  • * English or French as language of daily use
  • * Last stroke must have occurred at least 6 months before the start of the first assessments in the study protocol.
  • * Regular music making in the past 6 months
  • * Visual deficit that cannot be corrected and might impair testing
  • * Hearing deficit that cannot be corrected and might impair testing
  • * Presence of neurological/psychiatric co-morbidity or substance abuse
  • * No ability to produce vocal sound through singing/humming
  • * Legally considered unable to make decisions for oneself

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Ottawa,

Anna Zumbansen, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Ottawa

Arla Good, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Toronto Metropolitan University

Frank Russo, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Toronto Metropolitan University

Carole Anglade, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Université de Montréal

Édith Durand, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Jennifer Bugos, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of South Florida

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31